Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special

But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy.

Think how hard physics would be if particles could think

Modern language must be older than the cave paintings and cave engravings and cave sculptures and dance steps in the soft clay in the caves in Western Europe, in the Aurignacian Period some 35,000 years ago, or earlier. I can't believe they did all those things and didn't also have a modern language.

Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task.

I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.

If you know the wavefunction of the universe, why aren't you rich?